The scents of atomized air freshener and carpet deodorizer was horrifying. My eyeballs were burning red after a two-day conference. I could not wait to leave. When I asked the front desk staff not to use scented products in the room, she said "oh, we don't use scented products" when I could clearly see the perfumed atomizers spaced at regular intervals along the walls and the stench of them practically gassed me. This was not helpful.

The carpet in my room felt sticky underfoot from years of grime covered up by carpet freshener of some kind. You could not sit in the chairs in my room because the bottoms had no support left in them due to age.

Staff were pleasant and helpful but not plentiful enough. We could not check in when we arrived after 5pm because our room was not ready. We had to seek out the waiter in the kitchen to get water, order drinks and again to pay our bill. The food itself was good and the poor waitress seemed to have her hands full with other duties.

Whoever owns this hotel needs to do something with it - it's in a shameful state.We could not wait to leave and will not be back there any time soon.

Originally from Nova Scotia, now living in Ontario, we had to travel suddenly to Nova Scotia for family reasons. We were trying to be as economical about it as possible.

But don't stay here to save money. Yes , it was inexpensive, and maybe they have better rooms but ours was awful. The room had been updated a bit (the bathroom) but not the rest, and the smell of the decades of carpet deoderizer was too much. We stayed the night because we were too tired to go searching for somewhere else. But it is off my list.

Due to winter driving (fewer daylight hours and snowy conditions) we decided to spend two nights on the road on the way down and on the way back and we stopped at Riviere du Loup (Comfort Inn - surprisingly good !) and Amherst on the way down, and on the return we stopped at Grand Falls (Best Western -- perfectly fine), and then Drummondville (Motel Drummond, nice, clean and great price !)

If you must stay in Amherst......don't stay here. (dinner in the dining room was dreadful too)

I went here with my wife to visit our son who was celebrating his 45th birthday in Amherst.
Our son recommended the Wandlyn because it was newly renovated but was still offering rooms at cheap prices. I have very painful back aches and the room we were in had a soft mattress. I asked the staff and they were happy to find a room with a mattress that was firm enough for my back. I've been to a few other places in Amherst and generally they haven't been too friendly about this, but the people at the Wandlyn were great.

We ate the most delicious meal of our two week vacation at this resturant in the Wandlyn Inn. The lobster and rib eye steak were the tenderest on the entire trip. Each table had flowers. The staff were friendly; and the area we dined was an inside porch with a view. The servings were generous. The prices were extremely reasonable. Our salads were crisp and fresh; our daughter said her Fettucine Alfredo and Brownie cake dessert were delicious. We would definitely eat at this resturant again in future trips!